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From Mexico to the tip of South America, Latin America features varied scenery, including deserts, grasslands, plains, and mountains. Some are extreme: The Andes is the world's longest mountain range, and the Atacama Desert has not had rain for over 400 years! Latin America's remarkable landscape is an essential factor in its surprisingly different climatic zones. This insightful volume offers a comprehensive tour of the many vibrant countries of this fascinating region, highlighting its most striking areas in vivid photographs. It is also an inviting exploration of geography, natural...

¿Y si el universo no pesara nada y la materia no existiera realmente? Lo que parecería ser una duda legítima para un erudito místico de los Vedas Indios es, en cambio, un resultado embarazoso de la aplicación de la Relatividad Restringida a las observaciones obtenidas por un grupo de astrofísicos, que han medido la radiación cósmica de fondo de nuestro universo. En los albores del nuevo milenio, el satélite WMAP, más allá de proporcionarnos una medida del cosmos, nunca antes obtenida, ha creado bastantes quebraderos de cabeza respecto al concepto de universo, en el que todavía hoy ...

Los proyectos de Secundaria de Everest están creados por especialestas y avalados por la experiencia del profesorado que, año tras año, ha puesto en práctica los recursos que ofrecemos en nuestros libros.

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction Spanish-translated title. The easy-to-read informational text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The accessible table of contents works in conjunction with the...